The tug JIMMY L works with the 730-foot ALGOLAKE bulk carrier in Sturgeon Bay Habor in 2015. Built in 1939, she worked for 40 years for the U.S. Coast Guard as the WYTM-92 NAUGATUCK.
After being decommissioned in 1979, she was was bought and named TIMMY B but was renamed TIMMY L in 1994 when she was acquired by Selvick Marine Towing.

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BARBARA CAROL ANN MORAN

The towing vessel BARBARA CAROL ANN MORAN was built in 2016 and is owned by the Moran Towing Corp. of Connecticut. It's 116.2 feet long and has a gross weight is 297 tons.

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BAY SHIP

BAY SHIP is a towing vessel built in 1943 and owned by Fincantieri Marine Group of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., its hailing port. The vessel is 41.6 feet long.

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CAPT. KOLLIN

The tug CAPT. KOLLIN was built in 1960 and was previously named CAPT. BABIN, AMBER and LITTLE TIM. Its hailing port is Milwaukee, Wis.

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CONRAD STARKE

The Manitowoc Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. built this tug boat in 1913 as the CONRAD STARKE. It was renamed the ROGER in 1946. Here the tug is pulling the Henry Phipps in the Milwaukee Harbor.

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WELCOME

With Milwaukee's City Hall in the background, WELCOME was one of numerous tugs that worked the Milwaukee River and Harbor. She was built in 1925 and renamed SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1982.